The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team represents Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University is a public university located in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. It is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and has 39 satellite campuses in the state of Arizona. The university offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees.As of...

, located in Flagstaff

Flagstaff, Arizona

Flagstaff is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2010, the city's population was 65,870. The population of the Metropolitan Statistical Area was at 134,421 in 2010. It is the county seat of Coconino County...

, Arizona

Arizona

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, in NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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 Division I men's competition

College basketball

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. The school's team currently competes in the Big Sky Conference

Big Sky Conference

The Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. The BSC was founded in 1963. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the states of Arizona,...

. The team's most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was in 2000

2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 2000, and ended with the championship game on April 3 in Indianapolis, Indiana...

. The Lumberjacks are currently coached by Mike Adras. All NAU Lumberjack basketball games are aired on KBTK-FM 105.1 in Flagstaff and available on-line at www.bigtalkerradio.com

NIT Results

The Lumberjacks have appeared in the NIT

National Invitation Tournament

The National Invitation Tournament is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There are two NIT events each season. The first, played in November and known as the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off , was founded in 1985...

 three times. Their combined record is 0-3.

Year	Result	Opponent	NAU Head Coach
1986 1986 National Invitation Tournament -Semifinals & Finals:*Third Place - Louisiana Tech 67, Florida 62...	L 67-61	Louisiana Tech
1997 1997 National Invitation Tournament -Semifinals & Finals:*Third Place - Connecticut 74, Arkansas 64Michigan later forfeited its entire 1996-97 schedule after Robert Traylor, Maurice Taylor and Louis Bullock were found to have taken money from a Michigan booster....	L 101-74	Arkansas
1989 1989 National Invitation Tournament -Semifinals & Finals:*Third Place - UAB 78, Michigan State 76...	L 58-53	Delaware State	Mike Adras

NCAA Tournament Results

The Lumberjacks have appeared in two NCAA Tournaments

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...

. Their combined record is 0-2.

Year	Result	Opponent	NAU Head Coach
1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1998, and ended with the championship game on March 30 at the Alamodome in San Antonio,...	L 65-62	Cincinnati	Ben Howland Ben Howland Ben Howland is an American college head coach of men's basketball.He has been the head coach of the University of California, Los Angeles since 2003, and in 2008 signed an extension of his contract to run through 2015. Aggressive man-to-man defense is the trademark of Ben Howland-coached...
2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 2000, and ended with the championship game on April 3 in Indianapolis, Indiana...	L 61-56	St. John's	Mike Adras

Notable players

• Dan McClintock
  Dan McClintock
  Daniel Raymond McClintock is an American professional basketball player at the center position currently playing for MBС Mykolaiv from the Ukrainian Basketball Super League...
  
   - former NBA center, had brief stint with the Denver Nuggets
• Andre Spencer
  Andre Spencer
  Andre Devell Spencer is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'6" 210 lb forward and played collegiately at Bakersfield College, a junior college, and Northern Arizona University...
  
   - former NBA Forward, played three years in the NBA. drafted by the Atlanta Hawks
• Cameron Jones - selected 10th overall in 1st round by Ft. Wayne Mad Ants in NBA Development League Draft Nov 4, 2011